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Ok, so, this isn't 100 percent set in stone, but...
Neptune... right.. in this setting.. has a ton of different fluids, but in general it has a solid planet at the center, surrounded by an ammonia ocean where the Grafile live.. then the water ocean around that.

The Chiru people swim in the water ocean, so they have legs so they can walk on the occasional thingy floating on the surface, such as ice. Also they have some homes, after a fashion. It's complicated. Only the males can really do well on surfaces, so they sometimes hold men-only type meetings. They still need to get back into the water before long..

when it comes to swimming, though, the females are obviously better, so there's sort of a balance. The females choose the mates, but the males compete with each other to show off. yeah that's.. like Decapodians. Hrmm. Oh well.

they're metallic and scaly.. with obvious severe sexual dimorphism.. males tend to be greener.. and their size.. females being like 25 feet long and males twice that, and over three times as heavy.

Oh the genitalia are interesting too, as they're the reverse of what we're used to, even though the material still exchanges in the same direction. so, more like gas-siphoning than refueling, so to speak.

umm, they lay 8 eggs at a time.. oh they have.. an electric-sense.. like sharks.. once in a while someone manifests contact-shocking abilities, but other than that special powers tend to be like water-manipulating.. which would obviously be useful..

lifespan is 300 Terran years.

Oh, they're calm and educated.. with some minor technological conveniences.. some weapons.. and they only go to war when there's a damn good reason. :)

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:iconmiss-person:
I like the male. He looks like gyrados :D

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well I knew somebody would say that <_<

go take a look at a gyarados. It really doesn't.

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the males and female look so diffrent from each other. I wouldn't have even guessed they were from the same species. not bad :D I like the huge difference between them. also love the color choices too.

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I was originally going to have them be the only race on their planet, but then I realized Neptune only has one moon and I already had two moon aliens to put there.. so I stuck the Grafile in as their neighbors... but when they were going to be alone, the dimorphism allowed for more variety.

Still, I made sure it was plausible. If the female stood all the way up on her legs, the proportions wouldn't be that different... plus where she has a second set of arms he has fins... and while he has three horns, she has three head scale things. :>

but I also like the idea that the males are selected for being big and huge and good at fighting each other, but in day to day life it's more useful to be good at swimming, so the females aren't being dominated physically..

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Love of how you made these alien races look very dragon like. Very impressive! :)

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Lol the male looks nothing at all like a Gyarados.

I love these designs though! Haha the male scares me but I love the female! :3

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well I dunno about NOTHING like. It's based on sea dragons just like gyarados is.

heee scary and lovable is the best!

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the way I see it the planets have to have dragons too..
but a race of dragon-people is ... why not? :D wee!

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